Peter N Lewis4d ago
Good to see Keyboard Maestro working hard for me! It is nice that for once Apple’s security system is actually helping to market my program to my customers! ;-)
Show threaddxzdb2d ago

@peternlewis I wonder why I haven’t seen that - is it a macOS 26 thing?

Or do you have to unlock 30,000 uses in a month? 😏

Show threadPeter N Lewis2d ago
@dxzdb no, this was Sequoia. Who knows with Apple’s security system?
Show threaddxzdb2d ago

@peternlewis My main Mac is on Sequoia - maybe I have some notification turned off

I should thank you for Keyboard Maestro - I have it doing an ever increasing amount of things. I do sometimes wonder why the engine is chewing through 3 - 5 GB of RAM but I've sort of resigned to the idea that it needs it.

Show threadPeter N Lewis1d ago
@dxzdb it shouldn't chew up memory, but there is likely a memory leak in there somewhere - quite possibly in system code. If you can figure out a specific activity that clearly leaks memory, I'm happy to take a look, but I've never been able to find one.
Show threaddxzdb8h ago

@peternlewis I just found a yellow warning in KM saying that screen recording was off. I turned that on - maybe it was running up against an impossibility?

Also I've been saying “Don't Allow" to the dialog below, Why/when does it need that?

"Keyboard Maestro" would like to access data from other apps. Keeping app data separate makes it easier to manage your privacy and security.

Show threadPeter N Lewis8h ago
@dxzdb no real idea - I think that happens for any reference to various areas outside Keyboard Maestro’s direct preferences (other locations in the App Support/Preferences/Documents folders?). Your actions presumably access something (or perhaps indirectly via an application/script you use). The only files Keyboard Maestro itself accesses are in the App Support/Keyboard Maestro folder and the Preferences/com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.* files.
Show threaddxzdb8h ago

@peternlewis hmm - I’ll have to dig around. Does disabling a macro make it so macOS wouldn't ask this question?

It does generally take a while for the memory usage to build up. I just disabled quite a few - we’ll see if that changes anything.

My favorite macro was recently created after getting bit by iCloud sync going wrong between a few devices. So now I have KM copy a couple folders from iCloud nightly to my Mac that then get backed up in TM. Previously iCloud stuff could just disappear.

Show threadPeter N Lewis
@dxzdb I'd expect if the action is disabled it wouldn't affect it. Tho it could also be a reference to an application which the system has decided is somewhere. Accessing your iCloud data likely counts as "data from other apps" so that backup could be it.
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Show threaddxzdb8h ago

@peternlewis Oh I didn't disable that macro - and I've consistently said “Don't allow” but it does copy the files as I wanted, so I think it must be something else asking for that access.

Memory use for the last little while is 28.6MB ! so maybe I need to poke more at if some of what I disabled changed that. It sure seems like it.

Show threadPeter N Lewis8h ago
@dxzdb yes, if its working, its presumably something else. Well, probably. Who knows with Apple’s security settings, maybe it is enabled and just keeps asking anyway.
Show threaddxzdb8h ago
@peternlewis 🤣yes very likely! Thanks for all your help here!